A Day in the Life of a Governor's Academy Student

Last week while ESL teacher Karen Gold was at a writing seminar, Jen and I took over her class. The assignment was a Flickr essay on A Day in the Life of an Academy student. We wanted these international students to reflect on what they had observed and learned (sometimes the hard way!) these past few months. Each student had to take pictures in four categories: Academics, Afternoon Program, Residential Life, and American Culture. The pictures needed to reflect something that a new international student needed to know in order to be successful here at the Academy, something that would enable a new student to “hit the ground running” so to speak. Once the pictures were uploaded, the students needed to write informative commentaries. Take a peek! (Double click on a picture to read the commentary.)